India, Aug. 8 -- The Delhi high court on Friday granted bail to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's elder son, Syed Ahmad Shakeel, in a 2011 terror funding case on the ground that he had already spent nearly seven years in prison and there was no certainty when the trial would end.

A bench of justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said,"The prosecution is yet to examine a substantial number of witnesses, as only 32 witnesses have been examined till date. The appellant has already suffered prolonged incarceration of around 6 years and 11 months, without any certainty of the trial concluding within a reasonable time".

"In our considered opinion, keeping in view the role assigned to the appellant, continued detention of the appell...